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[That Don Guy]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And what is going to be the remedy? If they do not have a shirt what the heck are we going to be able to do about it in the first place?

What - nobody on the crew brought a spare?

Somewhat seriously, the "penalty" would probably be the same as the one if there's no X on the floor in front of the official scorer.

Originally Posted by rockyroad

As far as the scorer wearing the striped shirt - it's pretty simple: the AD of the school needs to buy a striped shirt and keep it with their table gear in the closet (or wherever they keep it). The scorer shows up for the Varsity game and it's sitting there waiting.

I can see two problems with this.

First, what if your scorer is five feet tall and your shirt is XL?

Second, what if the gym is hosting two or more games per night (e.g. freshman, JV, and varsity), and each has its own official scorer? Do you seriously want three different people wearing the same shirt over the course of a night?

Here's an idea: to make it clear that the official scorer is not an official, have the official scorer shirts with white stripes that are twice as wide as the black ones. (The rule will probably say "black and white vertical striped shirt", but make no reference to the width of the stripes. Personally, I liked to use a black and white horizontal striped rugby shirt.)

[Adam]

Originally Posted by That Don Guy

Here's an idea: to make it clear that the official scorer is not an official, have the official scorer shirts with white stripes that are twice as wide as the black ones.

This will work just fine until the next officiating fad hits and the fetish with the greys ends:

wide stripes

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by That Don Guy

To make it clear that the official scorer is not an official ...

... have the officials wear black shirts with white stripes, and have the official scorekeeper wear a white shirt with black stripes. Problem solved.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by That Don Guy

What - nobody on the crew brought a spare?

I'm not giving a shirt to a scorer to wear. Personally, I don't *care* if the scorer has a striped shirt on or not.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by GROUPthink

I'm not giving a shirt to a scorer to wear. Personally, I don't *care* if the scorer has a striped shirt on or not.

Yep, I'd rather see the scorer wearing home team colors and face paint than lend them one of my shirts and risk most of a game fee.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by That Don Guy

What - nobody on the crew brought a spare?

Somewhat seriously, the "penalty" would probably be the same as the one if there's no X on the floor in front of the official scorer.


I can see two problems with this.

First, what if your scorer is five feet tall and your shirt is XL?

Second, what if the gym is hosting two or more games per night (e.g. freshman, JV, and varsity), and each has its own official scorer? Do you seriously want three different people wearing the same shirt over the course of a night?

Here's an idea: to make it clear that the official scorer is not an official, have the official scorer shirts with white stripes that are twice as wide as the black ones. (The rule will probably say "black and white vertical striped shirt", but make no reference to the width of the stripes. Personally, I liked to use a black and white horizontal striped rugby shirt.)

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by That Don Guy

I can see two problems with this.

First, what if your scorer is five feet tall and your shirt is XL?

Second, what if the gym is hosting two or more games per night (e.g. freshman, JV, and varsity), and each has its own official scorer? Do you seriously want three different people wearing the same shirt over the course of a night?

First - the AD buys one shirt - probably XL. Nobody cares how well it fits as they scorer will probably wear it over their own shirt anyway.

Second - I think we were talking about the shirt only being required at the Varsity level, and that was the direction I was taking.

I really don't see this as being that big of an issue, and it will help the crews as we often have 5 or 6 different people sitting at the table. Be nice to recognize the official scorer quickly and easily.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

First - the AD buys one shirt - probably XL. Nobody cares how well it fits as they scorer will probably wear it over their own shirt anyway.

Second - I think we were talking about the shirt only being required at the Varsity level, and that was the direction I was taking.

I really don't see this as being that big of an issue, and it will help the crews as we often have 5 or 6 different people sitting at the table. Be nice to recognize the official scorer quickly and easily.

Or, a pinney. One size fits nobody.